Ever wanted to create a form with a shape defined by a picture? If so, this is what you have been looking for!
With this simple example, you will be able to use any standard image to define the shape of a form.
Along with the example, there is an ReadMe HTML file that explains how to create your own Image Shaped Forms!
This is a new, improved version of my previous upload, with come corrections for WinNT!
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Silly question from a newbie ... When I try to open the project, I get a message that says "Retained" is not a valid key. I think this has something to do with VB6, but I am only using VB5. Can anyone help me. Thx, Kevin (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Very Impressive code. Just one thing, when you move the form, the outline of the form is always much larger than the actually original picture. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
to open a visual basic 6.0 project in vb5, you must open the project .vbp file in notepad, scroll to the bottom where it says retained and delete that line and that line only from the text. save it, and then open the project file in visaul basic 5.0 (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
I have an 18k OCX on my website that does exactly this. You just drop it on your form, tell it the color you want to exclude and thats it. If anyone wants to download it please feel free to do so, its free! :) Hope it is usefull. http://mozzysoft.hypermart.net
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Darrell, I just checked my code, i thought it may have been a non-compatable declare but they check out fine. Does the OCX do anything, errors, weird efects, crash,ect, Could be something simple. I will look into it further. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
When I try to open the project in VB4 I get the error the file is corrupt. However, I get this with all forms and projects downloaded from Plantsource so far? (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Regarding the refresh problem in WinNT, believe the DeleteObject is somehow destroying the Picture object that VB uses to paint the form's Picture. I did the following:
- Add an Image control to ShapedForm, placing it at (0,0). - Set the Picture properties of the contorl and ShapedForm, to the same image file. - Copy ShapedForm's MouseMove handler to that of the Image control. - In "mChangeBackgroundPicture_Click()", add the following line after "ShapedForm.Picture = LoadPicture(.FileName)":
Thank you al for your comments on this code. I've prepared a new, improved and faster version of this code. If you want to get it, just send me an E-mail asking for it and i'll send it to you! (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
7/29/2003 8:15:35 PM:
It'd be cool, if you could make it so that it would generate code to make a form of that shape (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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